April 11, 2024 at 04:53PM
Cohesity announced an expanded collaboration with IBM to enhance cyber resilience capabilities for increased data security and recovery across hybrid cloud environments. The collaboration, including funding and expertise from IBM, aims to address the growing threat of data breaches through innovative end-to-end software-defined solutions. This collaboration brings together Cohesity DataProtect and IBM’s Storage Defender solutions to provide comprehensive data protection and recovery for joint customers.
Key Takeaways from the meeting notes:
1. Cohesity has announced a deepening of its cyber resilience collaboration with IBM to accelerate the development of essential cyber resilience capabilities across hybrid cloud environments.
2. The collaboration with IBM has led to the integration of Cohesity DataProtect with IBM’s Storage Defender Solution to provide joint customers with comprehensive data protection, monitoring, management, and recovery capabilities.
3. The collaboration aims to address the critical need for increased data security and resilience in light of the global average cost of a data breach increasing by 15% in 2023, as highlighted in the recent Cost of a Data Breach report sponsored by IBM Security.
4. IBM’s investment in Cohesity’s business is intended to fund incremental research and development, strengthening cyber resilience capabilities for combined customers.
5. Cohesity’s AI-powered data security and management solutions, including immutable backup snapshots, AI-based threat detection, and rapid recovery at scale, aim to help organizations defend against cybersecurity threats.
6. The collaboration will bring innovative end-to-end software-defined solutions aimed at increasing cyber resilience and helping organizations avoid business interruptions.
These takeaways highlight the strategic collaboration between Cohesity and IBM to address the increasing cybersecurity threats and challenges in today’s hybrid cloud environments through integrated cyber resilience capabilities and comprehensive data protection solutions.